Books

This book describes the partial memoirs of Harald “Harry” Werner Shulten. It is partially about “escapism” – a basic component of the Human Psyche. Escapism into the protected shell of my home. It describes my attempts over many decades to work from home. My attempts didn’t always go well. In the '70s, my parents owned two delicatessens, with a residence at the back. After that, I started teaching music from home. I then branched out into other areas – research, writing, consultancy, and whatever else I could find. In the book, I [read more...]

In a world not attuned to waiting and that frequently desires instant answers and achievement, it is important sometimes to stop and reflect on the journey we have embarked upon. And life is a journey. The life of faith is a journey, and it is one that we share with so many others. That is important when we think of the journey as one that includes both gift and calling, challenge and encouragement. It is obviously a two-way engagement. As in the first volume, the reflections in this book broadly follow the Christian year and are [read more...]

Untamed Thoughts of a Middle Aged House Wife is a collection of sexually explicit short stories that the author Fiona Warren wrote and collaborated over the years during her career within the Adult industry as an “Adult Toy” specialist. Her fantasy driven tales of sexual encounters are loosely based on real life events or fantasies that her customers, friends and followers have shared with her. Just how much is true? You be the judge!

David's life was in shambles. His service in the Vietnam War had left him with intense psychological trauma, which resulted in the once successful civil engineer being trapped in his own personal hell. That was until a series of mystical encounters with a mysterious Australian Aboriginal shaman led his life in a direction he did not expect. Does David really understand the Aboriginal culture; or is he getting deeper into something beyond his understanding? Will David's new role as the shaman's kurdaitcha, the tribe member who [read more...]

Entering the university, Nima and his close friend, Farid, experience mixed gender education for the first time in their life. Nima falls in love with his classmate, Taban, an elegant girl who is not afraid to break the rigid religious rules and follow her passions. Struggling to express his true feelings to Taban, Nima befriends a group of reformist students and finds himself in the middle of convoluted political activities against the Islamic government which drastically changes his ideology and, subsequently, his entire [read more...]

In a world of unrestricted freedom, fun can be had... Just ensure you are well equipped... Don't become a Zombie... Become Death's Cheat... Detention on your first day of High School is one thing, but your teacher trying to eat you is a bit over the top... Set in Florida, America, Tyler Graham and his friends must band together and survive a zombie pandemic where lawlessness and violence becomes a new means of morality. Written by Jed Cullen, Zaven is a witty thriller that indulges psychological aspects of power and hardship and its [read more...]

Kaaren Sutcliffe delivers a richly layered fantasy tale with intrigue, romance and compelling characters. The trilogy weaves together a young spy mage on a covert mission, a rogue half-mage, an alluring bird caller with uncanny abilities. A fiercely competitive dragon boat teams and river dragons with a hidden past seeking amends from a Mages' Guild founded on deception. A grumpy river dragon withholds rain. Their crops wilting in unrelenting sunlight, the provinces plan a festival of dragon boat races to appease the dragon. [read more...]

Burnt Sienna Sky explores the passage of time, and how it shapes one’s existence. It’s about acceptance and being comfortable in your own skin. But most of all Burnt Sienna Sky is about finding the courage of resilience and speaking up when you think something needs to change, even if you think no one will listen. The thing I love most about Jackie's work is her use of colour, and remember that light and shadow are just colour and the absence thereof. "After the camera flashes, / I want to be the one standing beside you in / [read more...]

In 1999, a Parliamentary (Senate) Inquiry in Australia had found that "a strong case can be made that the Kormoran's underwater torpedo played a major role in the defeat of the Sydney", whereas in 2009 the Commission of Inquiry had found that "the Sydney had been struck by a torpedo from the above-water tubes of the raider Kormoran while both vessels were sailing along at close quarters at a speed of some 14 knots". These diverse rulings mean one or both are not correct. In fact, the latest inquiry has been eroded by more [read more...]

Sydney 1986, and Devlin's life is music, madness and a vivid dream of another life. Another place. A place he's seen and can't forget. A place of heat and dust and silence, and endless blue. Time to think. And to kill. And forgive. A place he calls Warkon. Warkon is part psychological, part bildungsroman, part crime mystery fiction, helped largely by the clever interweaving of storylines and the author's fine feel for language and tone that is quintessentially Australian. It manages to blend stark existential horror with [read more...]